The best place to retire is measured by love and relationships
Unabridged from my Bonus Years column in the Lifestyle section of The Sunday Capital, Annapolis, Maryland Albert Einstein may have been the world’s most brilliant theoretical physicist and, yes, he won a Nobel Prize. But I can’t help remembering that he also served for a time as the assistant examiner in the patent office at Bern, Switzerland, where,…
Retiring from a job does not mean you retire your calling
Unabridged from my Bonus Years column in the Lifestyle section of The Sunday Capital, Annapolis, Maryland “A servant’s heart.” That’s a term I’ve heard many times over the years, referring to people whose joy in life comes from serving others. Those with servant hearts are everywhere, but because they are driven by a desire to serve rather than…
Legacies we leave to those who follow are built over a lifetime
Last week, following a three-day meeting in Miami, I decided to visit my mother. So I rented a car and drove over to Ft. Myers Beach on Florida’s west coast. I called her first, so she would have time to get “prettied up.” No surprise visits! That’s a long-standing rule in our family. I arrived…
Making the move from a waterfront home to a home on the water
Unabridged from my Bonus Years column in the Lifestyle section of The Sunday Capital, Annapolis, Maryland Ben Franklin’s many gifts to the world include words of wisdom such as, “Wise men don’t need advice. Fools won’t take it.” Because I am neither wise nor foolish, I am always seeking and taking advice. Nearly two years ago, when I…
Math professor retires to new challenge in medical research
Unabridged from my Bonus Years column in the Lifestyle section of The Sunday Capital, Annapolis, Maryland “There are lies, damned lies and statistics.” So said Mark Twain. But don’t even think about saying this to Charles Mylander. Mylander is a statistician. Actually, he is much more than that. After earning an undergraduate degree in mathematics at Bowdoin College…
Longevity means we’ll experience many life-changing events
Last week, while remembering my father, as I often do, I was also reminded of the games we played when I was a kid. Like others, our family played all the board games such as checkers, chess, Monopoly and the rest. But, we also had “high-tech” games. Just like the kids today who have Angry…
Making Good Use of the Bonus Years
Unabridged from my Bonus Years column in the Lifestyle section of The Sunday Capital, Annapolis, Maryland With America’s 78 million boomers turning 65 at the rate of 10,000 a day for the next 18 years, Bonus Years will tell stories of people, places and issues that challenge the conventional “rest and relaxation” idea of retirement, focusing on individuals…
Annapolitan dancer and choreographer just keeps on dancing
Unabridged from my Bonus Years column in the Lifestyle section of The Sunday Capital, Annapolis, Maryland Some people change lanes when they come to their bonus years. Examples: The attorney shifts to volunteer work for a food bank. The accountant drives a school bus. The plumber reboots as a Little League coach. Others stay more or less in…
Alloway’s 80-something women kept the home fires burning
Unabridged from my Bonus Years column in the Lifestyle section of The Sunday Capital, Annapolis, Maryland Writer Ruth Stotter says, “… we’re made of stories. When we die, that’s what people remember, the stories of our lives and the stories that we told.” Annapolis and Maryland now have a new story-teller. Her name is Joanne Alloway. Alloway is…
Seniors use library card as a key to aging-in-place services
Unabridged from my Bonus Years column in the Lifestyle section of The Sunday Capital, Annapolis, Maryland Harold Young spent 25 years teaching 5th and 6th graders in South County schools. “Retired” for 22 years, he is now completing 15 years in a bonus years career as a volunteer with Anne Arundel County Public Library branches in Annapolis and…